Jenny
What is the difference between two words. What is the difference between a gate and a entrance?
Sep 21, 2014 7:06 AM
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An entrance is less specific in meaning, and more general. Example. The way into a walled city could be an enormous opening or gate. If I have a fenced garden, the opening in the fence would be called a gate. Most "gates" refer to an entrance that is outside of a home. However, then can be a gate in a home, and one example is for the enclosure where a baby or child play in a room. An entrance can be a doorway to a residence or building. An entrance can also be the opening of a cave in a mountain or the place at which one enters a manmade mine. A path can be an entrance to a forest. A particular skill set or ability can offer an entrance into a specific career. Passing an exam can serve for an entrance into a college or university or school. One can find that a specific action can serve for an entrance into a certain kind of experience. One can find an entrance into a pleasant state of mind by releasing fears, such as when one follows the adage; "Let Go, and Let God." Denver, Colorado in the United States has been referred to as the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains".
September 21, 2014
All gates are entrances (or exits) , but not all entrances are gates. An entrance is a very general word - it's just a way into a place. A gate is a type of entrance. You would go into a garden or a field, for example, through a gate. We also talk about 'gates' for airport terminals, but that is a slightly different use of the word.
September 21, 2014
Gates, doors, and archways are all types of entrance where you change from being outside to being inside.
September 21, 2014
Hi Esther, A Gate is a type of 'entrance'.
September 21, 2014
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